Tilting saw guide



Apr-i117, 1 928.

F. E. COLLIER TILTING SAW GUIDE Filed March 19. 192'? jflfeejwan ii. 60/11221 Patented Apr. 17 1 p p 1 lnnnniimlv a, cont-inn,- on MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, VASSIGNOR TO FOLEY sew; TOOL v COMPANE,VINCORPORATED; or MINNEAPOLIS,MINNESOTA, A oonronnmonon MI NESOTA g fim nrine'sew'eurnn.

' Application filed March 1e,-}1927.'seria1 176,660,

Q My "present invention relates to" a saw filing machine and,moreparticularly to a saw-tilting guide therefor; especially adapted as an attachment for the saw filing ma- 5 chine disclosed and broadly claimed in my.

co-pending application executed ofeven date herewith." Said attachment-is designed for use in holding aband saw or a similar saw,'

in which the teeth are under-cut, in .a'man- 10 ner to permit a file to clear itself from the "teeth during the saw fil ng an'd saw feedingactionsl' Generally statedg'the invention consists of thenovel devices and combinationsof' devices hereinafter described and defined, in the'claims V 7 In the accompanying drawingadwhich illustrate the invention, like characters ndicate like parts throughout the several v1ews.

Referringto the, drawings 1 Fig. 1 is a fragmentary front elevation of a saw filing machine Wlth some parts I shown in transverse vertical sectlon, and

having the saw-tilting guide attachment applied thereto; l

Fig. 2 is a fragmentaryview partly 1n side elevation and partly in vertical section 7 taken on the line 2'2 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the sawtilting guide removed from its support.

illustrated, to which the'saW-tilting guide at- V 'tachment is applied the numeral l indior cutting new teeth in the bladethereof,

an ordinary three-sided file b is used and which file is mounted in a carrier Tonthe" forwardly projecting arm 8 of the crosshead, "not shown, which may beimanually or motor-operated. It may be here stated that thecrosshead'lismounted for angular adjustment to position thefile atrightangles to a saw blade orjat an angle thereto;

"Said crosshead is also mounted to impart to the file endwise and up anddown movements. The numeral 9- incl catesa secondary "crosshe'ad guide which is'mounted to impart to the crosshead its up and down movements.

7 .Step by step feed movement is automativ; cally imparted to the saw why apair of reversely-acting bell- 'crank-shaped levers 10 intermediately "pivoted to thelface plate 4.

Referring first to the saw filing machine" is mounted a pair of reirersely'foblique screws 11' that afford ad ustable"contacts springs 14; tendto yieldingly'liold theflevers 10 with. the screws '11 bearmg on the tappet Reversely actin'gdriving dogs 15 are pivoted to the lower ends of the levers "101 and l are adapted to'engage the-teeth ofthe saw on; the e oisingt per ends of the levers 10" u j an to impart the feeding actionto tl e' saw. ,These dogs 15- are-yieldingly held in an o -1 l V erative position as shown at the rightw-lnf Fig. :1, andan inoperative position as shown .at thelleftnof-said figure.

fStop; screws" 16 for the levers 10 'ar'efmounted infthe-"fa'ce plate 4;

a, but not so tight as to prevent said saw A clamp is provided holding the sjaw from being fed endwise therein.- This clamp T comprises a fixed-jawl'i on the face plate 4: f

and a co-operating jaw 18 on a hinged vise, member. 19. The timing of'the crossheadisi such that at the limit of the'outward move- I ment of the file, said crosshead Willbe lifted and be carried-clear of theysawon its return movement. When the crosshead and file have reached approiiimatelythe' limit 'of their returnmovement, they will be lowered so that the file will properly come into lac tion on the teeth of the saw .duringthe for- 7 Ward movement of the crosshead and file."

\Vhen the crosshead andfile have reached 9o approximately the limit of'their forward movement, upward movement is imparted to the crosshead and fileiand at'which time the tappet plate 12,'actingon the'screws 16,?) v V will operatethe levers 10 and one thereofrwill impart an operativemovement to the dog 15 that is turned down into operative position,' thereby causing-the same to pro duce the saw feeding movement;

7 To cause the operative driving dog :15 to engage the last filed tooth to il npartfthe saw. filing action, there is. adjustably; attached to;

the faceplate 4, a guide camarm 20, an

ranged to be engaged by a cam pin 21'onthe operative dog 15 and carry said dog over the dull teethof the saw-during the operative movement ofthe dog 15 and direct "the ame against the last filed tooth! Said guide f cam arm 20 also lifts the dog 15 'from-tl 1e I last filed tooth at the completion of the filing action and holds the same out of contact With the unfiled teeth during the return i the face plate 4 by a nut-equipped bolt 23 which extends through an aperture in said plate and the slot 6 in said face plate. On the back of the bearing plate 22 is a lug 24: which fits into the slot 6 and holds said bearingplate from turningon the bolt 23, and

said bearing plate also engages the face plate 4 at the upper end of said slot and properly positions said bearing plate.

A tilting saw guide member 25 is intermediately pivoted by a screw 26 to the bearing plate 22 for rocking movement about an axis in the plane of the sawfiling action and in a vertical plane transversely thereto. Formed With the guide member 25 are end and intermediate bifurcated saw-holding lugs 27. These bifurcated lugs'27 securely hold saws of various difierent Widths during the filing thereof. The guide member 22 is held frictionally clamped against the hearing plate 22 in difierent tilted positions by 3 a thumb screv 28; Which extends through a segmental slot 29 in said member, and has ferent positions transversely of the saw filing action to vary the under cut of the teeth on said saw.

What I claim is:

1. In a saw filing machine, a file holder,

means for imparting filing action to the file holder, and a tilting saw guide extending in a plane transversely to the filing plane, said saw guide being intermediately pivoted to' rock about an axis in saidrsaw filing plane. I

' 2. In a saw filing machine,a file holder means for imparting filing action to the file holder, a tilting saw guide attachment comprising a bearing plate, means for rig idly securing the bearing member to the saw filing. machine, a member intermediately pivoted to the bearing plate to rock about an axis in the filing plane and transversely thereof, and bifurcated savvholding lug on said member on each side of its pivot, and means for securing the guide member in different adjustment.v v

In testimony whereof I affix'my signature.

rennin-in n. nominee. 

